Dear Alexa,
So this in response to your CST post which I somehow missed...being that you know me pretty well and are one of the two friends that I have since starting this English major thing a few years ago, it comes as no surprise to you that similarly, I did next to nothing to prepare for the exam. Granted, I assumed that experiencing two full semesters of Anton, how could we not be prepared for any exam questioning our expertise of English language/literature. When I think about it however, it makes all the sense in the world that the genuine knowledge that we gained from any worthy professor like Anton would in fact not prepare us for such exam since everything we know and love about these professors goes against what these bullshit exams live by.
With that off my chest... just as you, Mike and I have endlessly discussed, no test or anything "standardized" will dictate how well you or I will teach. I love how Mike wrote that it is really more about character (thanks for throwing me into that category btw, haha) than anything else. The way you teach and the way that I teach will by no means be remotely similar, yet that does not mean that we will not find our own successful vibe in the classroom. What does a multiple choice test asking you to read pie charts and write an essay all of us would expect our high school students to be able to write actually assess? The only thing that it assesses is whether or not you are willing to spend about 300 bucks to get certified, thanks New York state!
Anyway, if we fail...well it would be almost funny, maybe hilarious until we realize we have to sit in a chair for another three hours trying to figure out what New York state wants to hear from its future teachers.
Cheers to (hopefully) never having to take a standardized test again! Now let's figure out a way to make that happen for our future students....?
-Jules.
So this in response to your CST post which I somehow missed...being that you know me pretty well and are one of the two friends that I have since starting this English major thing a few years ago, it comes as no surprise to you that similarly, I did next to nothing to prepare for the exam. Granted, I assumed that experiencing two full semesters of Anton, how could we not be prepared for any exam questioning our expertise of English language/literature. When I think about it however, it makes all the sense in the world that the genuine knowledge that we gained from any worthy professor like Anton would in fact not prepare us for such exam since everything we know and love about these professors goes against what these bullshit exams live by.
With that off my chest... just as you, Mike and I have endlessly discussed, no test or anything "standardized" will dictate how well you or I will teach. I love how Mike wrote that it is really more about character (thanks for throwing me into that category btw, haha) than anything else. The way you teach and the way that I teach will by no means be remotely similar, yet that does not mean that we will not find our own successful vibe in the classroom. What does a multiple choice test asking you to read pie charts and write an essay all of us would expect our high school students to be able to write actually assess? The only thing that it assesses is whether or not you are willing to spend about 300 bucks to get certified, thanks New York state!
Anyway, if we fail...well it would be almost funny, maybe hilarious until we realize we have to sit in a chair for another three hours trying to figure out what New York state wants to hear from its future teachers.
Cheers to (hopefully) never having to take a standardized test again! Now let's figure out a way to make that happen for our future students....?
-Jules.
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